Susanah Dale Smith Minto 1839-1914

SMITH, MINTO, LORING, WHITE, STEADMAN, LAMB

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 10/31/2002 at 21:01:30

Susanah Dale Smith Minto, oldest child of George E. Smith and Mercy Gwinn Loring, was born at Salem, Mass., August 18, 1839, and came with her parents and grandmother Loring to Illinois in May, 1840. From infancy her home has been continuously in Antioch township, she died at her home Thursday, March 12, and was burried Monday afternoon at Loon Lake cemetery. As a young woman she passed through the experiences of the civil war. For a number of years she taught school in various nearby districts.

She was married to David Minto, May 20, 1861. Seven children were born to them of whom two are living, D. Harold and Una Jean, also two granddaughters. Two sisters of Mrs. Minto, Mrs. Andrew White of Lyons, Neb, and Mrs. Wm. Steadman of Elgin, Ill., have passed on before, while two brothers, George Smith of Denver, Col, and Rev. Smith of Bonaparte, Iowa, and one sister Mrs. Lamb, survive. Mrs. Minto united with the Millburn Congregational church, March 4, 1865, thirty-two others joined at the same time, nearly all of them young people, Rev. Bross was pastor at that time Mrs. Minto has been confined to her home for a number of years, she was a kind and loving woman and made many friends, she always took a great deal of interest in the work of the church and Sunday School.
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Antioch (Illinois) News, 19 March 1914